Helena Ekholm

Helena Ekholm, born Helena Jonsson on 6 September 1984 in Helgum, Sollefteå, is a Swedish former biathlete. She was the 2009 world champion in the pursuit and the 2011 world champion in the individual, and she won the women's overall Biathlon World Cup in the 2008-09 season. She debuted in 2005 in Östersund in the relay, helped lead Sweden to the mixed relay gold at the 2007 World Championships in Antholz and won her first World Cup race, the mass start at Khanty-Mansiysk, in 2007. In 2009 she was awarded the Jerring Award. She took the name Ekholm in 2010 after marrying the former Swedish biathlete David Ekholm, and she retired on 19 March 2012.